After reading Leonard Roka's poem, "Davire, my Great Warrior", one can catch a glimpse of the minds of some of the Bougainville people, and see the way they now idolise their compatriots who took up arms against their PNG brothers in the Bougainville war.

I know there are also peacemakers working in Bougainville to help the people work out their problems in peaceful ways.

I also know there are many fine Bougainville people who can think logically and know that the gun is not the way to solve problems.

Just as John Howard had a huge gun recall after the horrific events at Port Arthur, I think the PNG government must work out some way of checking on the firearms of PNG.

They would do well to accept any offer of help from the UN to foster a culture of peace and find peaceful ways of tackling the various problems that we know are now developing in PNG.